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BTI - Continuing Education Workshops
Ignite Your Passion for Teaching!
Friday, May 30 | 9:30am-5:30pm | 7 continuing education contact hours | $125
What makes a great teacher? How can we bring what we're most passionate about into our work? Explore these key questions with BTI Co-director Carey Smith in a day designed to inspire both seasoned educators – and those interested in entering the teaching profession.
Through lecture, journaling, group sharing, and somatic movement exercises, this workshop will focus on the elements of what makes teaching a fulfilling experience for both instructor and student. You'll discover how to create a life-generating practice that is nourishing, compelling and sustainable. In addition, you'll develop a statement of mission/purpose, and learn how to bring this into bodily experience.
By the end of this day, you will:
- Have a declaration of mission and a next action step for achievement of your mission
- Have a clear understanding of the fundamental competencies of an effective teacher
- Be able to distinguish between the domains of education and therapy
- Know what makes teaching a unique profession
The workshop will also include an overview of the The Spirit of Learning® Teacher Certification Program.
 Carey Smith is a master teacher trainer, creator of The Spirit of Learning®, and a Certified Somatic Coach. She is Co-director of the Body Therapy Institute and also serves as the school's Director of Education. She began her work in the education field in 1978 with the Montessori Method of Childhood Education, and has provided teacher training, team-building and inspirational programs for both public and private schools. She has also been a keynote speaker at several national massage therapy education conferences. Carey specializes in body-oriented learning, curriculum design and the creation of optimal educational environments.
Through her work with both teachers and students, she holds a vision of the inherent worth, dignity and originality of each person as they manifest their life’s purpose. Carey has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan in romance literature and languages, as well as a teaching certificate from the American Montessori Society. She is a BTI graduate, is certified in DansKinetics from Kripalu Institute, and is currently pursuing certification as a Master Somatic Coach with Strozzi Institute.
She is a contributing author to the forthcoming book, Teaching Massage: Fundamental Principles in Adult Education for Massage Program Instructors. This is a joint publication of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and ABMP, to be released in Summer 2008.
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